Bacterial Diversity in Oral Samples of Children in Niger with Acute Noma, Acute Necrotizing Gingivitis, and Healthy Controls

• Ignacio Bolivar ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ignacio Bolivar, Katrine Whiteson

  Affiliations Institut für Angewandte Immunologie, Zuchwil, Switzerland, GESNOMA, Unit of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Katrine Whiteson ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ignacio Bolivar, Katrine Whiteson

  Affiliation Genomic Research Laboratory, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Benoît Stadelmann,

  Affiliations Institut für Angewandte Immunologie, Zuchwil, Switzerland, GESNOMA, Unit of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Denise Baratti-Mayer,

  Affiliation GESNOMA, Unit of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Yann Gizard,

  Affiliation Genomic Research Laboratory, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Andrea Mombelli,

  Affiliations GESNOMA, Unit of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, Department of Periodontology and Oral Pathophysiology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Geneva Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Didier Pittet ,

  * E-mail: didier.pittet@hcuge.ch

  Affiliations GESNOMA, Unit of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, Infection Control Program and World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Jacques Schrenzel,

  Affiliations GESNOMA, Unit of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, Genomic Research Laboratory, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

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• The Geneva Study Group on Noma (GESNOMA)